Motorola releases its Android 2.1 update schedule for the DROID/MILESTONE and the CLIQ/DEXT

After receiving heavy criticism for its premature announcement of the Android 2.1 update for the DROID, Motorola has decided that “transparency” is now its favorite buzz word and has released an Android 2.1 update schedule for its current lineup of Android handsets. Though a nice gesture, the update schedule is short on details and leaves us with more questions than answers. According to Motorola’s schedule, the DROID update will be rolling out “soon” with no concrete date or time frame provided. DROID owners should be thankful for their “coming soon” status, though, as the owners of the Motorola CLIQ have to wait until Q2 2010 and those with the DEXT will have to wait until Q3 2010 to get their update, if they even get it all (see Europe). A similar scenario applies to the Milestone with European Milestone owners receiving their update sometime in Q2 2010, while those in Latin America and Asia-Pacific must wait patiently for Motorola to evaluate the feasibility of an update.

I’m going to have to agree, BUT until Apple decides to allow multi-tasking to those who don’t jailbreak, android is more useful

Tobias1

U know something…U R absolutely right

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http://www.zapote21.com Zapote21

Better? better how? In every single spec, Android is much better (Nexus or Droid)…
The only thing Apple has is more apps… Thats it!
Camera, memory, processor, multitasking, notifications, voice capabilities, etc etc etc…
Trust me… My son has an Iphone, and he could not stop drooling at the capabilities of my Nexus yesterday… After playing with mine, he got a text, and he says “guess i will go back to this crappy phone…” LOL

blaw

Finally… well actually that ‘coming soon’ it’s starting to become ‘some day…. who knows’

I wouldnt trade my Droid for 3 crapPhones and and craPad as a bonus. LONG LIVE ANDROID.

Rob86

Android is nice but this is there only drawback why would you release so many phones on different os they need to be on the same os

http://www.zapote21.com Zapote21

Its called open source..LOL

Mrwirez

Android also has different pricing levels for different types of customers. Apple people only view the world with “golden delicious” glasses. One phone/one os/one company/one app store/… unless jail-broken, the iPhone is boring and the same as everyone other iPhone own..SHEEP.

Android is flooding manufacturers, carriers, countries the same way Microsoft did 25 years ago. Only a matter of time until they pass Apple. Bahhha

drsoran

It only takes a minute or two to jailbreak an iPhone though and then you can add Backgrounder and get multitasking just like the Android phones.

VZW

It doesn’t fix the dropped calls and network outages tho.

StevenGlansburg

while android is “open source,” the problem is that the individual phones models aren’t open source. Additionally, the average consumer isn’t going to root the phones, just as the typical iphone user isn’t going to jailbreak a phone despite how much it would add the experience.

http://www.daverea.com/ MedicDave

I’ll take the choice that Android enables over Apple cramming our-way-or-the-highway down my throat any day of the week.

T

Soon, meaning after verizon cripples and bloats the hell out of it, I’m glad I moved on!

stephen

if you’d actually keep up with news that isnt in the stoneage, you’d know that verizon hasn’t even touched or hindered any of the droid’s capabilities- and many other recent phones in the past couple years for that matter.

Amy

Dear ” Readers Still Arent Stupid ” stay off of Boy Genious! Enough already, some people like this site and don’t like your negative fucking posts! Geez

Miguel Alvarez

Ooo, I can’t wait…yes!! I sure hope they fix it so I can have more than 256mb for apps, I had mine filled the first day. Please, pretty please.

romulus

@T
Its a Google Experience phone, which mean Verizon has no control over the ROM at all. Moto has to just code it to fit with the fw of the droid. Stop being ignorant, and you’re a terrible troll.

KBlack

And the only phone absent from this list is the Canadian one. Do we get fucked again or it’s just because it isn’t on sale yet?

justaneqt

I won’t believe anything until I see the update get pushed to my phone

whoster69

Love my Droid. Glad to hear the update is getting close.

Dave

i understand android is open source but google really should be pushing for all the manufactures to upgrade the devices as soon as possible. i mean why wait till Q3 wihen froyo is out to upgrade the dext. why are there phones coming out with 1.6 still..

i love my droid but the OS’s need to all be at the same version..

http://www.daverea.com/ MedicDave

I’d rather have stable, reliable software after a little longer wait than get instant gratification laced with bugs. Most DROID owners have already demonstrated that they’re among the most patient customers in the smartphone world – we had to wait nearly 3 years for an Android handset on Big Red, and we’ll wait for a good, solid 2.1 experience too. It will be worth it to give them the time to get it right.

D.J.

Ugh, more than likely Verizon is the one who is holding up this update.

Now my question is, is carrier approval necessary for phone updates that are tied to a carrier?

For instance, does Apple need AT&T approval when they roll out an update through iTunes? Does RIM when they make a Blackberry OS update? Could Motorola just put the update.zip file on their website, rather than worry about this OTA stuff? Because OTA works good for people who don’t want to manually update their phone. But for a lot of people, they just want the update ASAP.

JFA

Q2 for the CLIQ update?! that really blows, at least i know i’ll get it though.

I’m with everyone on having different versions of the OS out, but thats the drawback of open source.

On the other hand, I think the CLIQ will be my first and last Android Phone with a skin over it (BLUR, sense) it takes longer for the manufacturer to add their tweaks to it. They’re nice, but i think i rather have a “Google Experience” phone.

Droid Dizzy

Dose anyone else think this mistake was on purpose because of the many upset about the no 5 home screens and no live wallpapers. Its a possibility. But yes the soon has become days and now it seems like weeks

~Phel

Its know wonder why droid owners are so disgruntled! verizon is crippling and bloating software as we speak, and there’s nothing they can do about it, bummer! If android does make it, we’ll have to wait 5 or 6 years for a useable os. Way to buggy, laggy, and unreliable. Or maybe it’s the verizons crippling/bloatware that’s doing it??

Pimp Lucious

You post ~Phels in so many ways.

tuji

20th!

tuji

damnit. 19th

Jarred

“More questions than answers”? Um maybe if you don’t know to read a simple chart, which it looks like you don’t because the Milestone gets it update by Q1 not Q2. You should do a little more reading and a little less criticizing boy genius.

jamo

Fwiw, Sholes 2.04 came out today. ;)

T

Its know wonder why droid owners are so disgruntled! verizon is crippling and bloating software as we speak, and there’s nothing they can do about it, bummer! If android does make it, we’ll have to wait 5 or 6 years for a useable os. It’s way to buggy, laggy, and unreliable. Or maybe it’s the verizons crippling/bloatware that’s doing it??

kudz

actually, try ‘it’s “no” wonder’ & ‘way “too” buggy’ take a grammar class and get back to us. If you’re going to try to act all high and mighty on a message board you should at least know how to write. I’m sure we’ll have our update before you get it right.

Miguel Alvarez

Its know wonder why droid owners are so disgruntled! verizon is crippling and bloating software as we speak, and there’s nothing they can do about it, bummer! If android does make it, we’ll have to wait 5 or 6 years for a useable os. It’s way to buggy, laggy, and unreliable. Or maybe it’s the verizons crippling/bloatware that’s doing it??

Dave

Notice the lack of a version number. Possible implication there’s still some bickering whether full 2.1 functionality will be included and how to market around that. =/

demian

why we (latinamerican consumer) are in the “under evaluation” group….

wanderer

It was the Iphone or Ipod touch that helped defeat Medusa in Percy Jackson “The Lightning Thief” especially the shiny part of it. Lets see the droid do that…he he. Sorry off the subject, you can down rank me now, go for a -1000 if possible.